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The Tennessee Department of Transportation will be holding an informational meeting about the re-design of the Magness Drive intersection. The meeting will be Monday at 10am at City Hall.

Just two-and-a-half years after opening, the McMinnville Bojangles restaurant is closing its doors. The McMinnville location is one of ten under-performing Bojangles restaurants in four states that ar...

Fresh off primary victories, several Tennessee statewide candidates have given an outline of their positions during the annual Tennessee Farm Bureau Presidents Conference.Republican Marsha Blackburn a...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now warning five states, including Tennessee about rocky mountain spotted fever.The CDC says Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missou...

The superintendents of the state’s two largest school districts have declared “no confidence” in TNReady after problems emerged with the standardized assessment.The Tennessean report...

Tennessee has executed its first inmate since 2009, putting a man to death for the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old Knoxville girl.Authorities say 59-year-old inmate Billy Ray Irick was pronounced...

Tennessee has a new state conservationist.State officials say the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sheldon L. Hightower is replacing Kevin Brown as the eighth state conservationist to serve in T...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced Monday he will not intervene in the case of Billy Ray Irick, set to be executed later this week for the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Knox County more than 30 yea...

The director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has selected his deputy director.Brad Nealon has worked at the TBI for 14 years and has worked in law enforcement for 27 years. He served as chief...

McMinnville Parks and Recreation officials closed the Gilley Pool Tuesday after remarks made by a customer prompted concerns of a possible health issue. Parks and Recreation Director Scott McCord said...